Principles of Counseling

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The purposes of this course are to provide students with an understanding of the major theories of counseling and their related techniques and apply theoretical material to case studies. Students will be exposed to an overview of current approaches to psychological counseling, including psychodynamic, existential-humanistic, cognitive behavioral, and systems approaches. Emphasis is on both theory and practical applications of the various approaches. Through lectures, class discussions, readings, videos, writings, experiential exercises, and role-play situations, students will be encouraged to examine the various theories and to integrate them into their own style of counseling.